Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1160)

• If maintaining video and audio sync is a priority, select both the video and the (synced)
audio and apply constant speed changes only. Applying variable speed settings to a
video clip (including speed segments, the Curve buttons in the Change Speed dialogs,
and the Curve options in the Change Speed shortcut menu) will break the link to audio
items. Audio and video sync is lost when you apply variable speed changes.
Learning to Read Timeline Speed Indicators
The Timeline includes speed indicators to show you the speed of clips in your sequence
using tick marks.
Note: To illustrate the examples in this section, all screen shots in the Timeline are
presented with both the motion bar and speed indicators visible.
Motion bar (blue)
Clip Keyframes control
Speed indicators
To view the Timeline keyframe graph area
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Select the Clip Keyframes control in the lower-left corner of the Timeline.
To view the speed indicators in the Timeline keyframe graph area
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Control-click the Clip Keyframes control, then choose Video > Speed Indicators from the
shortcut menu.
1160 Chapter 69 Changing Clip Speed